Power Of One Essay

In this movie called The Power of one directed by John G. Avildsen I will be talking about the aspects of close up and long shot. In the scene were sargent borman beats geel piet we can see how the whites treated the blacks back in these days. This scene means alot to me and hope it has a big impact on the audience.


SEXXY 1 - Statement


In the scene where PK pushes Jaapie Botha onto the flag we see the aspect of a close up shot


Example/evidence


For example when PK pushes Jaapie Botha onto the flag the camera shows the close up shot of PK. his face was showing both fear and happiness.


Explanation of Director’s Purpose


The director used the close up shot to show how PK reacted to pushing Jaapie Botha onto the flag.





The director purpose of showing PK’S reaction was to show that he was both scared and happy.


Explanation of Effect - link back to question


This makes the audience feel excited because PK stood up for himself.


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This is important because bullies that watch this movie can watch and see how their actions can impact on other people’s lives.


SEXXY 2


In the scene where jaapie Botha friends hang up the chicken, we can see while the chicken is swinging around we can see low angle/long shot


For example we can see all the children cheering while Jaapie Botha has his hand in the air saluting hitler


The directors purpose of this shot is to show how everyone reacts to PK’s chicken hanging around while it’s dead.


This make the audience feel sad because it might make PK bedwet even more.


This reminds me of the scene where Sargent Borman was towering over Geel Piet.


SEXXY 3


In this scene we can see the aspect of close up,we can see the close up symbol of the swastika.


For example after the scene were it shows PK’s face we can see that Jaapie botha is getting a tattoo knowing he is waiting for PK to arrive


The directors purpose of the this aspect ids to show us how proud the germans/Afrikaners were of hitler.


This helps us understand that no matter what the afrikaner people would always support hitler.


This aspect can be compared with the scene just before, because we can see when the afrikaner people found out that hitler crushed down great britain and drove the english people out we can PK’s face is full of fear


Conclusion


In conclusion, The Power of One by John Avildsen is a powerful movie that I really enjoyed watching,and found out more on the apartheid and how blacks were treated,John used many good aspects of shots in this movie he showed through the movie how people acted,how they felt,and how it made a impact on their lives.these techniques will have a massive impact on the people who watch this,and hope that they would not go through what the people did.